Skyscraper: Art a
nd Architecture Against Gravity examines contemporary works of art tha
t take as their subject the form\, technology\, myth\, message\, and image
of that iconic building structure\, the skyscraper. While the exhibition ha
s particular relevance to Chicago\, the city that is widely known as the bi
rthplace of this architectural type\, artists throughout the world—in addit
ion to authors\, filmmakers\, poets\, and undoubtedly architects—have been
enthralled by the human desire to build farther and farther into the sky\,
testing technological limits while embodying a yearning for spiritual conne
ction to the heavens. Artists’ endeavors to explore this desire have taken
many forms\, from video and film to sculpture\, painting\, and photography.